Watch the Ducks streak through the desert

There’s an interesting Thursday night game as Oregon gets its chance to strut for a national television audience when they travel to Arizona State.

Chip Kelly can’t be happy about the first BCS standings that had the Ducks ranked third behind Alabama and Florida. So look for him to get a chance to run the score up on Todd Graham’s Arizona State team if he gets a chance.

But that’s the rub. Arizona State’s defense is one of the most productive in the nation. The Sun Devils rank second in pass efficiency defense, sacks, tackles for loss, fifth in pass defense, eight in total defense and ninth in scoring defense.

Todd Graham isn’t well liked at many stops after bouncing through Rice, Tulsa and Pittsburgh in recent years.

The Sun Devils are 5-1 with road victories at California and Colorado in their last two games. Their only loss came at Missouri.

The line for this one started at 12 points. It’s down to eight now and we’ll use the most recent one.

Even with the Devils’ recent defensive surge, Oregon has too much speed for them. Couple the fact they have something to prove and it leads me to predict that Oregon will beat the Sun Devils, 38-28.